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Posted Wed Apr 26 16:36:00 EAT 2017

Sonko alleges rigging plot as name not in Jubilee party list

Nairobi Senator Mike Sonko speaks to journalists on April 26, 2017 at Bidii Primary School in Nairobi after voting in the Jubilee primaries. He alleged a plot by his party to rig him out by preventing his supporters from voting in the primaries. PHOTO | AGGREY MUTAMBO | NATION MEDIA GROUP

By AGGREY MUTAMBO

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The Senator was allowed to vote at Bidii Primary School despite his name missing from the Party list.

But he claimed other voters had been barred for the same reason.

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Nairobi Senator Mike Sonko who is aspiring to the next city governor on a Jubilee ticket has alleged a plot by his party to rig him out by preventing his supporters from voting in the primaries.

In a sensational claim he made after he cast his ballot on Wednesday, Mr Sonko said that certain names have been "strategically omitted" from the party list in places where his supporters were to vote.

"The party must allow everyone who is registered by the IEBC to vote," he argued.

The Senator was allowed to vote at Bidii Primary School despite his name missing from the Party list.